The Supreme Court will review the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) funding mechanism. Lower courts have split on the issue of whether the CFPB’s funding through ...

This story has been updated. There’s a case heading before the U.S. Supreme Court that could have a major impact on consumers nationwide, and it’s not student loan related. It’s a case about the ...

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Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding structure in what is the most significant test of the agency's 13-year ...

Update: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on May 16, 2024, that the funding mechanism authorized by Congress for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau through the Federal Reserve Board is constitutional ...

Class-action lawsuits claiming that deceptive labeling duped consumers into product purchases have been piling up on courts’ dockets for well over a decade. Some, such as the claim a Buffalo Wild ...

D.C. Circuit vacates lower court ruling that blocked mass firings at the CFPB. Decision stayed pending rehearing petition, delaying dismissals for now. Consumer advocates warn ruling threatens CFPB’s ...

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Thirteen years after a Democratic-controlled Congress created the CFPB to regulate ...

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The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to remove members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission on Wednesday, the latest ruling from the court’s conservative bloc temporarily blessing ...

A federal appeals court has blocked enforcement of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule that prohibited companies from “making it any more difficult for consumers to cancel than it was to sign up” ...